Climate Change

Essex farmer Ben Sell has been at the forefront of the evolution of the methane power tractor revolution from New Holland.

A methane-powered revolution is underway in Cornwall, which will give vehicles and even farms total energy independence.

This summer Kent farmer Doug Taylor reaped the rewards of a long-term project to increase soil organic matter and now plans to take his soil and carbon even more seriously.

Three UK farmers involved in the Bayer Carbon Programme are looking forward to finding out more about their farms and carbon.

Plans to construct a 1,215-hectare (3,000-acre) solar farm in East Yorkshire have fuelled demands for Defra to make clear its position on land use.

Sharply escalating costs for fertiliser and fuel, coupled with extremes of weather, mean there has never been a better time to look at your farm’s carbon footprint.

Easy-to-use IT means it is now straightforward to see the impact changes in practices might have on your farm.

Winter rainfall will not be enough to prevent further drought measures being implemented beyond spring 2023, the Environment Agency has warned.

Renewable energy generators could have their revenues capped under the Government’s new Energy Prices Bill which looks to delink prices for energy produced by renewable sources from the price of gas.

Farmers are being urged to continue to monitor on-farm water abstraction in a bid to prevent a repeat of this year’s water shortage, the Environment Agency (EA) has announced.